Eternal Night

Chapter 548 A Hundred-Foot Qi Wall, A Heaven-Shaking Immortal, Plus...

Wu Pifu felt warm and comfortable all over, and the unprecedented sense of fulfillment and completeness made him somewhat intoxicated.

When he first started practicing internal energy cultivation, he didn't feel very good. At first, he experienced pain at the beginning of his meridians, and the intensity of this pain gradually increased. At its strongest, he even felt as if his body was about to split open. Something invisible was expanding inside him, giving him the illusion that he was growing bigger.

At the same time, as internal energy was refined from his body, he experienced an extremely strong sense of emptiness, as if his entire body had been drained. Hunger and drowsiness followed, and his mental consciousness began to become hazy. As the first stream of internal energy entered his dantian, this feeling gradually became milder. Then, the more internal energy he had in his dantian, the more the feeling reversed. He became more and more energetic, and his body felt more and more comfortable.

Under this sensory influence, the swelling sensation from the broken meridians seemed insignificant, and Wu Pifu was completely immersed in this feeling of comfort and strength.

With all eight extraordinary meridians open, and then the various extraordinary meridians of the body, under Wu Pifu's almost infinitely increasing internal energy, no matter how blocked the meridian was, it was all directly passed through. Even if the meridian was damaged as a result, it didn't matter at all. Wu Pifu's physical body and internal energy had become so powerful that if you were damaged, I would repair it.

Soon, all eight extraordinary meridians in his body had been pierced, and at this moment, the internal energy in his dantian was about fifteen Jiazi (a Chinese unit of time).

The so-called "internal strength of a Jiazi" is a quantifier for the strength of internal strength as described in Huang Rong's worldview.

Depending on their aptitude, comprehension, and martial arts skills, the amount of internal energy accumulated by each internal energy practitioner in a day varies. If an average martial artist cultivates a martial art with an average internal energy coefficient, the internal energy accumulated in a day is equivalent to one day's worth. A prodigy martial artist using top-grade internal energy techniques may accumulate enough internal energy for ten days in a day, while a dull-witted martial artist using third-rate or even substandard internal energy techniques may accumulate less than one-tenth of the amount of internal energy in a day.

The ability of a 60-year period is the internal strength that an ordinary martial artist would need to accumulate through 60 years of diligent study and practice using the most basic internal energy techniques in the martial arts world.

At this moment, the internal energy in Wu Pifu's dantian is something that would take a martial artist like him nine hundred years to cultivate and accumulate!

In the martial arts worldview that Huang Rong knew, this was not just something unprecedented or unparalleled; it was something that directly surpassed the limits of human imagination!
Huang Rong had heard many martial arts rumors from her father, who was a top master of the time, known as Huang Yaoshi, one of the Five Greats of the martial arts world. Naturally, he knew many secrets that were unknown to other martial arts practitioners.

According to Huang Yaoshi, during the Northern Song Dynasty, there once appeared a martial arts legend. He was nameless and lived in seclusion in Shaolin Temple, where he would clean the Sutra Pavilion. No one paid any attention to him until a major event that shocked the martial arts world occurred: Shaolin Temple was besieged by many martial arts masters. This martial arts legend stepped forward in the face of danger, which immediately shocked the world. He was hailed as an unparalleled grandmaster of martial arts and was very likely a living innate martial artist.

It is said that this martial arts legend possessed internal strength for at least two decades, marked by an invisible, passively and constantly existing wall of energy around his body, known as the "detached qi," which is formless yet substantial, enough to withstand attacks from the world's top masters, and even hidden weapons and crossbows cannot penetrate it.

When recounting this story of martial arts, Huang Yaoshi even demonstrated the extent and strength of his internal energy to his daughter.

Huang Rong's father, Huang Yaoshi, had a unique skill called the Finger Flicking Divine Skill. He could condense his inner energy on his fingers, and once wrapped with a stone or something similar, it was enough to shoot it from a hundred paces away. It could even pierce through cowhide armor in one move. Huang Yaoshi's inner strength was nearly sixty years old.

Huang Yaoshi lamented that the martial arts legend was said to have a three-foot-long qi wall. According to Huang Yaoshi's deduction, his internal strength was likely to have reached two Jiazi (60 years) in strength. This is because internal strength is inherently stronger the deeper it is accumulated. The difference between one Jiazi's internal strength and two Jiazi's internal strength is not simply a matter of being twice as strong. It is very likely that the intensity of his internal strength is five times or even more.

At this moment, Wu Pifu's internal strength has reached more than fifteen Jiazi, and with the full opening of the eight extraordinary meridians, there is another qualitative change in the total amount of internal strength!
The more meridians that are connected, the more significant the change in the total amount of internal energy will be.

Then, Wu Pifu's internal energy naturally flowed into the Ren and Du meridians. In less than a minute, the last two meridians of the eight extraordinary meridians, the Ren and Du meridians, were also fully connected. At this moment, the total amount of internal energy had reached about eighteen Jiazi (a Chinese unit of time)...

Wu Pifu was also fearless in his ignorance. He had no knowledge of internal energy cultivation. What Huang Rong taught him was only the most basic breathing method for entering internal energy cultivation. Generally speaking, it was used to hone the patience of beginners in martial arts. If one wanted to cultivate internal energy for a year using this level of technique, it would probably require a highly talented person to practice for more than five years. Basically, after half a year or a year of cultivation, the master would see through the beginner's character and patience and give him an advanced internal energy cultivation method.

At the same time, no one has ever started to challenge the eight extraordinary meridians when first practicing internal energy, let alone open all eight meridians and connect the extraordinary meridians at once. But all of this was a natural thing for Wu Pifu.

When he reached this stage of meditation, the threat from the sky seemed to materialize. Countless thick fogs gathered in the sky and gradually formed a spiral vortex. The amorphous fog seemed to have come to life, and a passage was slowly opening.

Wu Pifu remained seated cross-legged, his eight extraordinary meridians fully connected, his internal energy circulating freely. With nothing else to penetrate, this vast internal energy naturally converged into his mind.

The reason why the Ren and Du meridians are considered the final points of the eight extraordinary meridians is because they have already opened up the Yuzhen acupoint and the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head. This involves the most mysterious part of the human brain. If one goes astray in cultivation, one will either go crazy or die suddenly. Therefore, opening up the Ren and Du meridians has been regarded as a sign of mastering internal strength since ancient times.

As for the gate between life and death, it is quite mysterious. It does not involve acupoints on the body surface, but rather the Niwan Palace deep in the brain, which involves the sea of ​​consciousness and the upper dantian, and is also the place where Wu Pifu received the sleepless spiritual light.

As the internal energy flowed into his brain, Wu Pifu's perception suddenly transformed from his physical body into his sea of ​​consciousness. Sure enough, he saw a dazzling, luminous gas of light surging into his sea of ​​consciousness from nothingness. Then, the sleepless spiritual light shone in the air, resonating with this luminous gas.

Suddenly, the negativity within his sea of ​​consciousness surged and churned, as if stimulated by something, rushing towards his consciousness. However, it was completely blocked by the "tigers" devoured by the Tiger Demon Art. Although the "tigers" howled in agony and were corroded, especially the oldest existing fragment of the "tiger" world, which had dwindled to less than one-tenth of its original size, the negativity was still perfectly suppressed by the tigers' resistance, without affecting the resonance of light within his sea of ​​consciousness in the slightest.

After the resonance, the radiant gas gradually purified and condensed, transforming from a gaseous state into a liquid state. It then flowed out from the sea of ​​consciousness, re-entered the meridians, and went down to the lower dantian. After this purification, the internal energy continuously flowed into the sea of ​​consciousness, condensed into liquid, and then rolled into the dantian. In just a few dozen seconds, all the internal energy in Wu Pifu's body liquefied. The internal energy in his meridians was no longer an ethereal thing, but had truly become a peculiar liquid that was half matter and half energy!
Once all the internal energy has liquefied, a new node will be added to its Great Circulation, namely the Upper Dantian Sea of ​​Consciousness. At this moment, Wu Pifu's internal energy has reached the point where all eight meridians are open, the extraordinary meridians are unobstructed, the Ren and Du meridians are broken, and he has reached the point of penetrating the gate between life and death!
His internal energy cultivation has already reached the legendary level, a level of life and death!
At this moment, his total internal energy had reached the level of thirty Jiazi (a Chinese unit of time), and it was not an intangible internal energy, but a tangible internal energy that had been completely liquefied—the liquefied internal energy of thirty Jiazi!?
After circulating this liquefied, powerful internal energy for several cycles, it gradually extended outward from the lower, middle, and upper dantian, as if there were invisible meridians outside the body. This is the legendary opening of the two bridges between heaven and earth...

But at that moment, Wu Pifu suddenly opened his eyes, and two beams of divine light shot out from his eyes, shooting straight to a hundred feet away. At the same time, golden spheres began to appear from the spiraling mist above the sky, and the wormhole that had appeared before began to be constructed once again.

Wu Pifu simply gave a low shout, and his blood and qi expanded, increasing by at least 30%. But this was not the most crucial point. In his dantian, internal energy also erupted, and the eight extraordinary meridians, the Ren and Du meridians, and the gate of life and death were all connected, with internal energy spreading throughout his body.

Huang Rong asked with delight, "Brother Ant, how is it? Have you managed to cultivate your inner strength?"

Wu Pifu laughed heartily, his body trembled, and his inner strength suddenly burst forth.

This power seemed to be an extension of his physical body, and he could control everything in an instant. He saw the internal force gently pass by Huang Rong, like a breeze, but when it encountered the five old, weak, sick and disabled people in the distance, it actually pushed them away and drove them more than 300 meters away. During this time, Wu Pi Fu did not even touch them.

Huang Rong opened her mouth wide. She suddenly remembered the funny stories her father had told her. That legendary martial arts master had an unparalleled three-foot aura wall. And what was she seeing now?
A hundred-foot-high wall of air?!
A 300-meter-high air wall!?
That wasn't all. Without moving his hands or feet, Wu Pifu slowly floated into the sky. When he was a hundred meters above the ground, he simply waved his hand slightly, and a gust of wind suddenly swept through the world. In his haste, Huang Rong almost lost her footing.

Wu Pifu reached out and lifted his hand upwards, and a large patch of thick fog in the sky seemed to be swept away by a giant hand, revealing a hollow area of ​​at least tens of thousands of square meters.

This is... a Celestial Immortal!

"Hahaha!"

Wu Pifu laughed loudly, took out the Broken Spirit Blade, and poured his inner force into it. A truly visible blade of light shot forward, stretching a full hundred meters away, and the huge blade shone brightly.

A hundred-foot-high wall of energy, shaking even the most powerful beings!
This is not over yet!

"...Rong'er, close your eyes!"

Wu Pifu's voice came from the sky like thunder. Although Huang Rong was curious, she still obediently closed her eyes. The five old, weak, sick and disabled people who were lying on the ground in the distance also suddenly closed their eyes. At the same time, they felt a premonition that they would die if they did not close their eyes!

No one knows what Wu Pifu did, but another dazzling light burst forth, and a peculiar outfit appeared on Wu Pifu's body. Looking at it vaguely... it seemed to be a dress and white stockings?

But in the blink of an eye, Wu Pifu took out a set of work clothes from his personal space and put them on. He frowned and looked at his whole body, and finally nodded in satisfaction.

Only then did he look up at the sky and see that the wormhole had already taken shape, and the tentacles behind it had been waiting for a long time. Their size had shrunk by thousands or tens of thousands of times, but they were still as big as mountains. They stretched out from the wormhole and continued to smash down on Wu Pifu.

With a deafening roar, the massive shockwave swept across the entire land. Huang Rong immediately activated her alternate dimension, but the five elderly, weak, and disabled were not so lucky. They were once again swept away by the shockwave and sent flying everywhere.

And in the sky...

Wu Pifu slashed diagonally with both hands, cleaving the sky in two!

Before it, the giant mountain tentacle stood motionless, and then the next second...

The tentacle broke off in two, the cut surfaces as smooth as a mirror!

(End of this chapter)